Bill Moyers reports on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, who against an outcry of public and political protest wants to hand Big Media even bigger, more powerful monopolies:
For more information visit: stopbigmedia.com/
And, to tell the FCC how you feel about Kevin Martin�s push to allow the Big Media Conglomerates to have more control over our news and entertainment go to: //www.fcc.gov/contacts.html
You will find a list of email, phone numbers, and addresses for the FCC.
Why is it so important that we don�t let the big six conglomerates: The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner Inc. (Warner Brothers), Viacom, Sony, CBS, General Electric (NBC and Universal), and New Corporation (Fox) own all the newspapers, TV stations, and radio shows we read, watch, and listen to� ?
Because it is choking our thoughts, our voice, and our rights as a society. If they control all the media, they control how our collective unconscious is shaped. For the few uber-rich and incredibly powerful, it behooves them to keep us in the dark � to keep us stupid:
My favorite thing about this Jon Stewart clip is that it starts with a plug for �Newsbusters.org� a website dedicated to �exposing and combating liberal media bias�. The clip is named: �Jon Stewart: liberal yes, funny yes, smart noo�. Then, you watch the clip and he�s brilliant. And it makes you think � wtf � who thought this wasn�t smart? Then you read the comments and almost everyone asks the same question: "Who thought this wasn't smart?"
Right now the Internet is still a place for democratic participation. This is because of a little thing called Net Neutrality. But, even that is under fire by big media corporations who want to control the web by gutting Net Neutrality.
For more information on how the Internet is under fire check out: //www.savetheinternet.com/
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